CEO succession is a board’s most important responsibility. This is especially true today, as companies face a range of intense pressures, the reality of decreasing leadership preparedness across a wide range of rapidly-evolving business challenges, record CEO turnover, and nuanced governance trends – such as an anticipated increase of shareholder activism (particularly in the United States} and a new push-and-pull dynamic between board and management.
Thoughts from a more-than-occasional writer
